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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’ve ever spent time in a classroom, you’d see how much ‘filler’ time there is. [/quote]

There is little to no filler time in my classroom. 
And to PP who said their notes and recordings are posted for students to catch up on their own - I would love to have a class full of students who all are capable to learn material on their own. Sometimes this happens (lesson is easy enough and student is able to find time to complete practice tor missed lessons on top of  current lessons) but most often this is not the case. 
Obviously, life happens and students must miss a class every now and then. But there are consequences that I outlined in my original post above. Parents who take kids out of school for vacations (saying missing school is not a big deal) are robbing their kids of practice time with immediate feedback that teacher provides. They do it again and again.  Then they don’t understand why their kid is struggling later in a year or two years down the road. [/quote]

There is filler in EVERY class. Even my kid's AP math class has had filler time/days. Less than others, for sure. But it's still there. [/quote]

What is your point? Does this mean you would not think twice going on vacation during school year? having your kid stay home when they feel like it? I think, the thread is about those kind of decisions.[/quote]

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